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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

putting away up the stream Mr. Grenfell
suddenly saw before him large village in
a state of great excitement. Everybody
came rushing out of the huts, and to the
white mans surprise, the people began
ascending the trees. Then he saw that
huts had been built in the branches Of
these trees. They were evidently de-
signed for places Of refuge in case of at
tack. The trees were tall, and there
were no branches within thirty feet of
the ground. The huts were reached by
means of native rope ladders. Men,
women and children clambered up the
ladders and tumbled into the fortlets.
Then the ladders were pulled up, and
with their means of returning safely to
terra tirma thus secured IL is evident that
they would have enemies who were
armed only with bows and arrows at
considerable disadvantage.
Presently showers of arrows were
launched from the fortlets at the
steamer, which was now abreast of the
town. Mr. Grenfell and his wife were
sitting on the deck but they were not
alarmed by this show of hostility, though
the natives in that region are in the habit
of using poisoned arrows. The steamer
was protected on all sides by wire net
ting against the arrows harmlessly
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
THE GOLD IN THE SEA
The Fiction of the Present tess Strsrgr
than the Truth of the raat.

The Fiction of the Present tess strsrgr
than the Truth of the rmst.
Talking about the stories Of treasures
sunk at sea, which are now So popular,"
sa'u lawyer who has had a large cNpc-
r,ence with claimants Of foreign estates.
i nave ON filc some facts which LARGELY
support the old adagc ,ha, truth i
stranger than fiction. One of the mos,
famous cases Of this sort occurred n. ,,,c
ago as 100, and the sa,yay, o,cr,,,ops
nave been continued up to almos, IN,
present day Eighty eight years aro IN.
ship Luinc sailed from Yarmouth Ro,Is
England, on October y, for Texe, ,,a.,
with twenty-five guns. a number of mas.
scngers, and fliO,NW of specie sh,.
struck on the outer bank of Fly.lsiand
passage, in a violent gale at night, going
to pieces, and carrying down with bcr all
on board except two The treasur, had
been consigned to Hamburg by certain
mercantile firms, and the spot whcr, .h,
went down being within the territory of
Holland, salvage operations were at once
begun, the Dutch government making a
condition that two.thirds of the specie
found should go to il and the remainder
To the finders After eighteen months
tso.UOn were recovered, besides some Ill.
yer, after which the work was sban-
doned In lSll it was resumed. and
kept up for years, the result being the re
covery of a few paltry pieces of silver In
lS22 company was formed for the pur-
pose "t making u further search for the
missing money the Dutch government al
Nanclng the company sum of money on
condition that 1t should have half the md
Several thousand pounds were spent in
the work, but nothing was recovered
by this time the wreck had become
deeply imbeddcd In the sand and was cN.
tremely difficult to reach hv the divers
In ISL, the search WAS again begun hv
other spectators, After several wears
OF persistent effort. over g25 900 were re
covered. In 1871 n special act of Parlia-
ment was passed authorizing the Lloyds
to continue this work and these contracts
with the Dutch government Ru, have
not heard that anything more has been
recovered. Possibly in years to come u
violent storm may shift the bed Of sand
now covering the old wreck and afford
better facilities for the divers
"A parallel case was that of the The
It's, British frigatc which was wrecked
on the coast of Brazil in 1890. with
fi62 .rn Of bullion on board The hull
wen, To pieces, leaving the specie in five
or six fathoms of water For eighteen
months the admiral a, the British sta.
tion and the captains and crews of four
| slOops. .ot-war were engaged in hunting
/ for the treasure. 80 great was the dan
ger that four lives were lost IL is known
that good part of the treasure was re-
covered, from the fact that in the di,
/ putcs and litigation resulting from the
hnd the Court of Admiralty awarded
tl' 600 and the privy council e.? rn
with t2j,s" for expenses. '-Nsr ipri
J MdR and EEpr,a
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

We'll, it did burst just when he said As
the great shell shreked over the city there
was a universal cry, and most of those still
on the streets rushed for the cellars. 1t ex-
ploded right over the City Hall Next
moment little rills of flaming liquid were
running in every direction down the roof
As they went slowly down over the edges of
the cornices the roof suddenly blazed up
in hundred places. Spell bound watched
the Greek fire fiow-something as molasses
might-only burning as it went down the
walls to the upper windows. Firemen came
galloping up and hose was laid instantly.
Bnt the water was worse than useless it
seemed to help the conhagration by floating
and spreading the hellish liquid. Then
another shell burst over the Corn Exchange.
The fiends did not even call parley again
but laid of there for two hours steadily
firing from both the iifty-ton and the big
Armstrong;. The postotfice went next in
half an hour all the business part Of the city
was q wild scene of flame. They dropped
seyenty-four shells into the wealthiest part
! OF the town, killed ninety-six people, de-
| stroyed over twenty-five millions in build
ings, grain and goods, then steamed off for
"Our situation in Milwaukee WAS horrible
but we scarcely reckoned our losses in our
rage. That the internal villains certainly
must have everything their own way for
about four days more seemed clear. You
can remember yourself how the continent
was paralyzed with amazement and horror
Chicago threatened with Greek fire and the
government Of 65, 600 Americans totally
powerless u help her against 10! Nobody
could doubt, after Milwaukee, that Vand,i
sen wonld execute his threat to the letter
Thousands of men were working aay an,
night to bring up guns to cope with tn
Arthabasca, but there actually was not ON
on the continent capable of destroying he
from her longest range. That she must rul
out of coal within q week was the one hop
thought that then the villains must take !
their boats, and every shore had its patrol I
catch them and tear them limb from limb.
II went over 70 Chicago TO see what woul
happen. Next thing we knew Of her wa
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

The water supply Of the various European
capitals affords some interesting facts, not
the least notable Of which is that Rome heads
the list with her ~, 4,GO,OJO litres Of pure
water-a litre being little more than one
and three-fourths pints-cvery twenty-four
hours, and, as her population is 3i5 ,GS
every inhabitant can thus disgpse Of nearly
6O litres per day. London comes next for
4,uG,GD there are go litres daily. Paris
takes the third place, her population amount
ing TO 2,2i0 IA, and each inhabitant having
for alimentary purposes fitty-sight htres per
day and for secondary Uses 1863, or a total of
DIT Berlin has ,3D2, 2s3 inhabitants, for
each of whom there are 40 litrcs daily
Vienna, 77O,l72 inhabitants, with lD litres
each per day Naples, 49, with 10 litres,
and Turin, 27s, ,j9s, with ninety litres head
every twenty-four hours.-Ne" York Sun.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

lively Clattcr among the trees along one
bank of the river. He was sure he heard
human voices overhead but he could see
nothing except the dark green foliage that
overhung the stream and almos, shut
out the sunlight. As he ran his steamer
To the shore the buzz of excitement
among the branches intensified and the
explorer was soon gazing upward at one
of the most remarkable sights in Africa
little village in mid-air whose denizens
were looking down at him from their
huts amid the branches in great di,may
and astonishment 1t was not known
before that any of the natives of Africa
like few of the inhabitants of Borneo
and New Guinea. live in trees. but DR.
Wolf found several of these tree villages
At distances of fifteen to twenty feet
from the ground the natives had securely
fastened platforms of interlaCed willows
and branches upon which they reared
their thstched huts. Up and down the
tree trunks they clambered with the agil.
ity of monkeys and swung themselves so
skillfullv from branch to branch that il
seemed - though, like the orang -outang
they could travel through the forest
without touching the ground. Partly to
guard against surprises from their enc
mics and partly to escape the inunda,ions
of the river. their ancestors. some time or
other. took refuge in the trees, and in the
course of time they became veritahle tree
dwellers Their huts are not built so
high from the ground a those visited by
Mr. Gill in New Guinea which. he says.
were near the tops of tall trees and,
though well built. he did not feel safe in
them because they rocked so much in the
wind
This is Il notable instance of the strange
and wholly unexpected discoveries that
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

Now and then the winds and waves
watt to them some of the blessings that
other men enjoy. Captain Holm was
surprised to find that their lance shafts
were of wood and that their harpoons
were tipped with iron. He found tha,
occasionally a tree from the far away
rivers of Siberia drifts to them and that
they have learned to use the bits of hoop
iron they have found among the wreck
age that the sea casts on their shores.
&. G.. ADAMS
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

Gay F. Huiser and partner, two Kansas
hunters, killed black-taled buck on the
Gunnison river, Colorado, that was a verita-
BILE old-timer. He had fifteen prongs on one
horn and twenty-five on the other. They
were webbed somewhat after the manner of
the horns of young moose. Ii il unusual
To find more than five or six prongs to a
horn.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
rmrrxr THAN MONEY.

surety nothing n better than money, you
~,
And 6ndiy you look At your gold;
La me tell you, then, something that far
will outweigh
Your wealth, though II may be untold.
Just single bright smile 70 some one In dis
tsess,
A kind word to some ragged boy;
These will often 20 further than money to
bless,
And ali sod heart full of joy.
Jun bunch Of fresh flowers for an invalid's
room:
A line % dear absent friend;
These alone may do more to disPel pain and
gloom
Than all Of the gold you can spend.
--Colnmbns Dispotch.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

when she steamed mp before the waterworks
pier and sent ashore simply this message:
".You have exactly two hours to send e1,uU.
an atpard Remember Milwaukee,"
THE money was ready, eh'
''Of course il was ready What could
Chicago do9 She was bound to I've ready
rather than let the Greek fire loose ON her.
Why, the Chicago people had sH,UCuN
boxed on the wharf, and launches ready to
take the plunder ont
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

I'm buy" said maiden In Utica,
"A gold chatelaine for my new ticker
Or else u spring bonnet"
Her mind being on II,
She went In for hat cause the hue took hei
It's Just too easy Utica Oo@rttr.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

Perhaps the most sh -cking suicide until
now reported was that of Mrs. Cross, the
wife Of pensioner in Nova Scotia, who
ended her life by thrusting a red-hot poker
down her throat. That even an insane per.
son is able to endure the tortures attending
such an act is remarkable.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
WAYEICE WISDOM.

WHERE THE BUST CONES IN.
Some men live on a pedestal,
Put there by woman's trust;
But when her doubt
Will find him ont,
That constitutes the bust"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

1T Is THE OLD WHO DYE.
'Tis said that self-love never dies,
Still, if on truth you will insist:
The ones who have it realize
II often dyes just to exist.
CHAD McCoy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
LOGICALLY SPEAKING.

Every morning, for a week past, the Port
land Me postmaster, on rising, found over
lco crows in his back yard greeting
him with caws 1t is logical to suppose he
shot them TO justify "caws and its effect
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

Mr.. Gable latest literary eccentriciry Is
Progress forwardly with rapiditve celeri-
tude" Is this philologitive legerdenaining
vernacularly speaking
o. Grover, where be thy ''innocuous des-
uetudeinousness' now?
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

First SaleswomaA-Of all the arrogant, dis
agreeable people ever waited on, that
woman is the worst. wonder who sheis.
Second Saleswoman-Why, that's Mrs.
Chipp. She used to tend at the same counter
with me at Macy's, before she was married.
It'd Bits.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

there is considerably milder than that of
the west coast. The stone huts Of the
chief village are grouped along the shores
of great ford, where grass thrives in
many sunny places during the brief sum
mer. Seven streams which empty into
the ford abound with salmon and the
walrus.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

Editor (having glanced at the contributor :
joke)-Where's the other
Contributor-Other There isn't any other.
Edtor-Um, thought Noah took two oi
every kind into the ark. lid Bits
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

WHAT THE MAIDEN sIGHs FOR.
He must be of heroic cast
Who wins me for his loving bride"
The maiden signs, and finds, at last,
He is heroic cast-aside.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
MoLLow HoCKERY.

With bristles, false bangs, etc, the acrua
boundaries Of the stylish maiden are 50 dIii
cult TO determine that when q young ma
embraces one he understands for the fir,
time the meaning of the phrase "hugging
delusion."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
FROM THE ANGLER.

As suggestion for bait in angling for cat
fish, the fisherman offers: Take fat il
YOU want 'fat take"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

The true Americans man Of feeling:
When he gets ''busted'-
Too proud for begging too honest for steal.
ing
Then he gets trusted. - It'd Bits.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

80 m Ell mes
rcquite h e
explorer for
all the tolls
and dangers
of his jour.
ney. These
tree-dweller.
live south of
I he Congo.
The.year be
fore Mission
AIRY irenfell,
whilesscend-
ing the Mo
b an gi the
z T g a I e st
n orth e rn
tributary of
the Con go,
made adicoy-
cry tha. was
equallyinter.
esting. As his
little steamer
y aCr MAS
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

NLhlMlSb hiNshlf.
When faults Of greatness are espied,
We moralize upon them thus:
The chasm doesn't seem so wide,
And mind seems more analogous.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30

LA OSCAR WILDE.
No eccentricity is vain
While fortune lies in oddity;
The crank" can often turn his brain
To salable commodity.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26
BOILER EXPLOSION.

WHIPPLE BARRACKS, November Io.- Word was received here this morning of the explosion of the boiler of w. /. Will son & Co.'S saw mill I2 miles from here.
 The Associated press reporter at once repaired to the scene and learned the following particulars: The pulley needed repairing and MT. Wilson, one of the owners, called for assistance. The en- zine was stopped, and all the mill hands came to fix the pulley. J. Baker, the fireman, was ordered to oil the saw, and while doing this, the explosion occurred. A board struck him in the back, knock ing hmin the saw dust pit, where he was covered by the fallen debris, and part of the burst boiler passing over him. After the lumber had ceased falling he extricated himself and discovered two or three mingled bodies. He started at once for the city. The work of discover. ing and identification of the bodies com menced. The first discovered was John Baxter, the foreman, who was killed where standing, the entire top of his head blown away and could not be found. The body of w. z Wilson, one of the pro- prietors, was cut in two and both parts thrown fifty feet; his head can not be found and part of his backbone was found two hundred feet away on top of the hill. John Crowley, one of the em- ployes, was found seventy-fve feet from where he was standing, and could only be recognized by his clothing. A. Stan. brook was found under the roof of the wall of the engine room. The bodies of Charles Collins and Bathone Taylor could not be found'for several hours afterwards. Collins was found on the hill thirty feet from where he stood and could only be recognized by the boots he wore. Fay. Tor was found one hundred and fifty feet from the engine room. The boiler part ed in the middle, one piece flying ninety feet north and the other going two hun dred feet south. A large number of citi- zens visited the place to-day. The remains were taken to town. The Coroner's inquest will be held here to- night
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
TOMBSTONE, Nov I9, 1887.

AOMbol VNGj A>o' AI AS~|' Board met pursuant to adjournment at 10 o'clock a. m.
 Present-D. Cohn, Chairman, and Supervisors Frank L. Moore and T. J.. White.
 By unanimous vote of the Board it was ordered that warrant for S25 be drawn in favor of Ben James for the benefit of Mrs. Manck, an indigent person. By unanimous vote the Board allowed the claim of D. Johnson for $50, for boarding prisoners at Wilcox. Happening to the Board that certain property was assessed in Tombstone District to John Montgomery and deed- ed by tax deed to the Territory, and it further appearing that there was mort gage upon said property, and that the taxes were paid on said mortgage, it is therefore ordered by unanimous vote, that the just and true amount of the taxes and penalties on the said property be and is $26I .2I.
 By unanimous vote the Board ad- journed to meet at 10 o'clock a. m., Dec. I, 1887.
 Approved: D. COIN,
 Chairman. Attest: VIM. D. MoNMoNIER,
 Clerk.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

Word comes up from the Vekol of a wonderful strike that was made few days ago. The report says that a chamber of ore was asencountered in which one man knocked down over fifty tons of ore in single day that will mill over $6ooo per ton. The Vekol ore is always easily mined, and there is nothing re- markable in the amount knocked down, but the quantity of such phenominally rich ore is what astoniShes even those who have always banked on that won derful property Florence Enterprise.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

SsThe "phantom party" last evening at Mining Exchange hall, was one of the largest attended and most enjoyable social events of the season In common parlance, it was sheet and pillow-case party, and the disguise in each case was most effectual. The affair was managed by the young society men, and the supper, which was contributed by the matrons, was elegant.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

According to the report of the Herald, Pat Hamilton has been paid for his ser vice as Secretary of the Immigration Union, the snug sum of Ss25; and out of the total expenditure of nearly S3,ooo, the press of Phenix received the magnif- cent sum of S7. Surely they should feel gratified at the grand work accomplished by the union. The local press has done, and is still doing more for Phenlx and its interests in one week than all the silly pamphlets and folders would accomplish during the next two centuries.- - Gazette.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

The New Orleans Picayune professes 10 believe that the increase of murders, highway robberies and other violent crimes in Texas of late is due to the law prohibiting the carrying of pistols. It says this foolish law only disarms orderly and law abiding people, while the rob- bers, the roughs and the rascals generally take advantage of the defenseless con. dition of the rest of the community.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

Tombstone is only mining camp, and yet the premium squash at the Terri torial fair was raised here. Now people are beginning to lay vegetables on the EPITAPH table, after the manner of the granger journals. This week MT. S. L. Hart brought in a sugar beet weighing over thirteen pounds that was raised by MT. Howell on the San Bernardino ranch, in this county.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26
Unnecessary Misery.

Probably as much misery comes from habitual constipation as from any de- engagement of the functions of the body, and it is difficult to cure, for the reason that no one likes to take the medicines usually prescribed. HAMBURG FIGS were prepared to obviate this difficulty, and they will be found pleasant to the taste of women and children. g cents. At all druggists. I. Mack & Co, pro- prietors. s, F
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

MT. John Wasson, formerly Surveyor General of this Territory,has commenced the publication of the Chino Valley Champion in the interest of the great ranch bearing that name, owned by Mir. Richard Gird. Geographically the paper is handsome, and it is needless to say to those who know MT. Wa5son, ably edited.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

MT. w. l. Perry was married at Fort Lowell on the 18th inst. to Miss Sadie Magee, cousin of Mrs. Capt. Mason, of the Army. Mr. Perry was formerly em. ployed in Dunbar's livery stable in this city, and is an honorable and energetic young man. He is at present one of the proprietors of the San Xavier hotel in Tucson.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26
To the Public.

Having purchasedthe entire interest of Jos. Pascholy in the undertaking busi- ness in this city, will hereafter devote my especial attention to said business. Embalming and the preparing of bodies for removal a speclalty. Orders filled in any part of the county.
 A. I. RITTER,
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26
Occidental Hotel.

This is the only first-classhotel ill Tombstone. It is handsomely furnished with all modern improvements. Trav- elers who stop at this house will find every comfort and attention. Private rooms for commercial travellers at reason able rates. A splendid billiard table and card room. The bar is supplied with pure brands of wines, liquors and cigars tf
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26
New Store,

Paul Balm is offering to the people of Tombstone and the county in general, some of the best bargains in groceries and liquors ever offered in this county. His stock is new fresh and desirable canned goods, wines, candles, in fact every thing sold in first class grocery store is being sold by him at Fairbank prices. tf.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

A letter received this week from "Our Mark" locates him in Washington. Con- munications addressed "Hon. M. A. Smith, M, C., Washington, D. c." will reach him. He left Cynthiana, Ky, on the I2th inst.
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-11-26

On Wednesday last, M. M. O'Gor. man left for San Francisco, from which place it is understood he goes to Alaska to examine some mining property for Governor Perkins,